Colleen Hoover Bio (Wiki)

Who is Colleen Hoover?

Colleen Hoover is an American author who writes romance and young adult fiction books.

She became famous after she published a romance novel “It Ends With us” in 2016 which became popular among readers.

She is one of the best authors whose every book has hit the NYT bestsellers list.

Colleen Hoover: Early Life, Education, Parents, Siblings

Colleen Hoover was born on December 11, 1979, in Sulphur, Texas, US to American parents Vannoy Fite and Eddie Fennell. She grew up in Saltillo, Texas.

She has two sisters named Lin and Murphy. Other details have not been published regarding her family. Her ethnicity is white.

Colleen Hoover graduated from Saltillo High School in 1998. Hoover got a degree in social work from Texas A&M-Commerce.

Before starting her career as a writer, she worked various teaching jobs and did a ton of social work.

Colleen Hoover: Career

Colleen Hoover began her writing career by self-publishing her first debut novel, “Slammed” in January 2012 without any intention of publishing her works at the beginning.

Her first novel was inspired by a lyric from a song of the Avett Brothers, “Decide what to be and go be it” and she began her novel in November 2011.

Later she confirmed that the main reason for publishing her first novel was so her mother could read it on Amazon Kindle which her mother had bought recently.

In February of the same year, she published a sequel “Point of Retreat” which hit #8 & #18 in the NYT after a few months of their publication.

Colleen Hoover debut novel “Slammed” received 5 stars from book blogger Maryse Black. Later on, she signed with Atria Books and re-published her book on 10 August 2012.

Again she self-published her 3rd novel “Hopeless” which became the first self-published book ranked #1 in the NYT.

She published “Finding Cinderella” in 2014 following “Maybe Someday” in March 2014.

Through all her works in 2021, Colleen Hoover noticed that she had gained a lot of popularity through a #BookTok community in Tiktok.

Due to the hype in her popularity her book “It Ends with Us” was #1 on the NYT best sellers list. She has sold over 20 million copies of 24 published books to date.

Colleen Hoover: Awards

Through her writings, Colleen Hoover has received a few awards including the UtopYA Con Awards for Most Innovative Marketing in 2014 and the 2015/16 Goodreads Choice Awards for Romance.

Colleen Hoover: Net worth, Salary

Hoover is a self-made millionaire with a net worth of more than $12 million.

The major source of Colleen Hoover’s income is her professional Novelist. She gains around $100k every month.

Controversy

Colleen Hoover has never directly been in any statements or controversy but has been in many controversies due to her romantic writings.

Her writings were problematic for young adult readers as her writing includes adultery a couple of times as she is a romance writer.

Colleen Hoover: Height, Weight, Body Build

Colleen Hoover has a large body build with 70 kg weight and 5 feet 9 inches.

She has got body measurements of 34-26-36 with beautiful blue eyes and long blonde hair color. She has a straight sexual orientation.

Social Media Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok

Collen Hoover is also active on various social media with the user name @collenhoover and has around 1.9 million followers on Instagram, more than 871k followers on Facebook, and 179.4k followers on Twitter.

Collen Hoover is very popular in the #Boktok community in TikTok. She has got more than 1.1 Million followers on TikTok with the user name @colleenhoover.

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